Garbage collection services · Illinois

Groot Elgin

Elgin, IL · ~119 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

C
Average Safety Record
2.1
Avg TCR
2.6
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Groot Elgin runs at 80% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Garbage collection services workplace, earning a grade C.

Groot Elgin: 2.1 TCR = 80% of Garbage collection services BLS 2.6 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Groot Elgin safety composite

Groot Elgin scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 85% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 52%), blended into one 0-100 breakdown against same-industry peers. A missing measure drops out and redistributes its weight rather than deflating the score. This is a per-dimension breakdown, distinct from the single letter grade above it (which weights TCR alone against the BLS industry benchmark).

C

69/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 2.09 per 100 workers

Safer than 85% of industry peers

DART rate
C 2.07 per 100 workers

Safer than 64% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 52% of industry peers

Benchmarked live against every credibly-rated employer in the same NAICS industry code in the current OSHA extract (a segment must have at least 8 rated peers to benchmark). Not a legal or compliance determination; PlainSafetyScore's own weighting (TCR 40%, DART 35%, fatalities 25%).

Groot Elgin held a steady TCR band

Groot Elgin's TCR held near 0.1 from 2.1 in 2023 to 2.1 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 2.1 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.99× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=2.1 · 2024=2.1

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 562111 · Elgin, IL AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade C · TCR 2.1 · 80% of ind

  • DART 2.1 DART
  • RANK #19/143
  • PHOTO GFL Muskego LLC
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 6 inj
  • SIZE ~119 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: GFL Muskego LLC (0.0 TCR gap)

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Groot Elgin in the TCR neighbourhood

Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers

TCR

What this shows Groot Elgin averages 2.1 TCR (80% of the Garbage collection services BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

Groot Elgin TCR series: 2023=2.1 · 2024=2.1 · BLS 2.6

Where Groot Elgin falls in its industry

2,322 Garbage collection services establishments

Safer than 85% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.1.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Illinois alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #19 safest of 143 Garbage collection services employers in Illinois.

Groot Elgin (119 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 entities by Average employees (X) and Total Case Rate (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Larger & higher-riskSmaller & higher-riskLarger & saferSmaller & safer than peers 0100200300400 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Groot Elgin
Groot Elgin (119 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 55 employees and a TCR of 5.1

Groot Elgin has more employees than the Garbage collection services median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.1. Workforce size and injury rate do not always move together within the same industry -- some of its smaller peers run higher rates than its larger ones, and vice versa.

Year-by-Year Safety Data

Year TCR DART Injuries Illnesses Fatalities
2024 2.1 2.1 3 0 0
2023 2.1 2.1 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

562111 · IL · Elgin

2,322 Garbage collection services employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 22,804 rated employers in Illinois with headcount on file · 250 employers in Elgin, IL · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR GFL Muskego LLC 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Dayton 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR TLM- Starcrest Transfer 2.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Reliable Disposal 2.1 TCR
STATE-SIZE 119 - Archer Western de Moya JV III 119 FTE
STATE-SIZE 1001 - Romeoville, IL 119 FTE
STATE-SIZE City of Sycamore 119 FTE
STATE-SIZE Upland Concrete 119 FTE
CITY-NEAR Advocate Sherman Hospital 1,717 FTE
CITY-NEAR Elgin John B. Sanfilippo & Son 987 FTE
CITY-NEAR City of Elgin 986 FTE
CITY-NEAR American NTN Bearing Manufacturing Corporation-Elgin 774 FTE
NAT-TCR Otis Elevator Company-Boston 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Giles Enterprises Inc 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR ASPE-South LLC 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Village Roofing Co Inc 2.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Raleigh-Durham Embassy Suites 119 FTE
NAT-SIZE PowerWorks Electric 119 FTE
NAT-SIZE Market of Choice #2 119 FTE
NAT-SIZE Northwest Hills Surgical Hospital 119 FTE

Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →

Data Source: OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA), mandatory establishment-level injury/illness reports. Grades compare employer Total Case Rate (TCR) to BLS IIF industry benchmarks. Data covers years reported by this establishment: 2024, 2023. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.